There is a wonderful little restaurant in Sankt Wolfgang, Joseph's, which sits at the feet of the church, just up the hill from the Hotel Weisses Rössl. I had this wine paired with a cheese course.

Delightful. The nose is floral, with a bit of cedar and even perhaps some lead pencil. In the mouth, there are more flowers and some silky cherry fruit. Slightly sweet, but with a good amount of acid, and drying in the finish. A pleasant discovery that went very, very well with the cheese.

No, it really doesn't help, since by law Schilcher has to come from Steiermark. The grape variety is Blauer Wildbacher. 99% is vinified in rosé, and most comes from Weststeiermark, the traditional home of the grape. A little is grown in Südsteiermark, much to the anger of Weststeiermark growers who in vein wanted to protect "Schilcher" for their region only.

Arnt Egil Nordlien wrote:Note that there are confusingly many producers around with the name Jöbstl.

I have a feeling this wine might have been from Luise & Johannes Jöbstl from Wernersdorf. They made a wine named strohwein vom Schilcher in 2003. And it is not a regular thing to make strohwein from schilcher. You can have a look at their homepage http://www.joebstl.st/wine_schilcher/index.cfm

And perhaps while I have your attention, what does "schilcher" mean? I had gotten the varietal as Blauer Wildbacher, and "strohwein" refers to the technique of drying the grapes, but schilcher, I haven't found a good answer.